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Anaphora

Anaphora?. Anaphora. By: Grace Lehman . Definition. Anaphora:. R epetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. Commonly in conjunction with climax and with parallelism. . Example . Statement:

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Anaphora

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  1. Anaphora? Anaphora By: Grace Lehman

  2. Definition Anaphora: • Repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. • Commonly in conjunction with climax and with parallelism.

  3. Example Statement: In English class, students must follow directions, must turn in their homework, and must be on time. Questions: Will he go the game? Will he get a homerun? Will he win? The phrase, must, is repeated before the phrase. The phrase, will he, is repeated before the phrase. Even though there are three sentences, it’s still an anaphora.

  4. Why use it? Why use anaphora? • They can be used with: 1. Questions 2. Negations 3. Hypotheses 4. Conclusions 5. Subordinating conjunctions • It uses repetition and redundancy to ensure that the reader will get the obvious statement in which you’re making.

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